by Rajan Singh | Apr 14, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
We think we want money. But what we really want is for our days to be happy and joyful. We want to love the work we do. We want good relationships. We want the freedom to spend our time the way we like. We want good health and peace of mind. In short, we want a good...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 11, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
Most professors teaching leadership in B-schools have never been in the hot seat or held leadership roles. Most consultants advising companies have never worked in business roles (I was one of them). Most people mentoring startups have never done startups. What does...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 10, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
Years ago, I was involved in organizing the National Games in Trivandrum, where two people did a skydiving demo for the opening ceremony. In this insanely dangerous stunt, these parajumpers were to land in a stadium, inside a busy city. And once the parachutes opened,...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 9, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
In 2008, I had a lunch-cum-job interview with a very successful New York-based fund manager, who had made hundreds of millions of dollars from investing. I asked him, “What has been the hardest part of your job?” He said, “There was a time when for...
by Rajan Singh | Apr 8, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
A friend of mine was once interning with a major Wall Street bank. One day, on a Friday evening, his boss asked him to make a presentation and share it by Sunday, ensuring that his weekend was ruined. My friend did not understand the urgency but there was little he...
